Starters for geographical thinkingMany of the great Internet sites listed on this posting are not teaching resources of extended substance in themselves but fantastic starters to get students thinking and working on a geogrphical and/or spatial theme. The engagement value of these sites is great to get students to start thinking geographically.

Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world in its long and
colourful history, new research has found. This is a great map to show the historical impact
of colonialism on the world map.

* Twitter languages in London: A great map visualising the language
communities of Twitter. The map, perhaps unsurprisingly, closely matches the
geographic extents of the world’s major linguistic groups.

* Stunning images show globalization, urbanization, digital interconnectivity and
development through geotagged images

* Disaster warning interactive map from the US National Weather Service: in demand with
Hurricane Sandy. This
interactive map of coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island shows some basic
flooding data including: 1) where are the flood warnings (essential the entire
coastline), 2) how high the storm surge is, and 3) how high the waves are

* Geo-ignorance: A Ted Talk on
geographical news coverage: The
U.S. News is remarkably USA-centric, so in the era of globalization and the
fragmentation of information, most American TV viewers know less about the
world than they did 40 years ago.

* Geoglyphs:
View a Google Earth tour of Geoglyphs from around the world. Andrew Rogers'
"Rhythms of Life" is the largest contemporary land art undertaking in
the world..." Simply beautiful...you need to maximize screen extent to
appreciate the wonders

* Competitive Globalisation: This trailer shows the first 3 minutes of the actual film Two
Million Minute: a film showing the lives of high school students in India,
China and the US and how globalization is impacting them and education.

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I have taught history, geography and civics and citizenship in the South Australian education system since 1976. I have been actively involved in the promotion of geography and history over the years, in particular the use of spatial technology in schools. I am a Past Chair of the Australian Geography Teachers' Association (Chair 2008-13) and Immediate Past President of the Australian Alliance of Associations in Education (2013-present). During the development of the Australian Curriculum: Geography I was a member of the ACARA Advisory Panel (2009-2013) and Executive Director of the ESA GeogSpace project. From 2007-2011 and in 2015 I was the Manager for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) in the South Australian Department for Education and Child Development (DECD). Presently I am a Teaching Academic in HaSS Education at the University of South Australia and the Manager for the Premier's ANZAC Spirit School Prize in DECD.